On our wedding night, my wife acted strangely.

Lu Dehao and Lin An exchanged a glance, neither of them understanding.

Lin Yi chuckled: "Hehehe, it's okay if you don't understand. All you need to know is that cursing won't fill your stomach."

Lin An nodded thoughtfully.

Lin Yi said, "Besides, scouts have reported that the 100,000-strong army from the north, led by Nalan Ku, will arrive in the capital in batches in twenty days. With them around, the literati can hurl all their insults. As for that manifesto... perfect, I've been short of toilet paper lately. Let them write more, I'll take them all."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dehao immediately burst into a lewd laugh: "Hahaha, Brother is brilliant! That damned Prime Minister's writing is perfect for wiping your ass!"

Lin An couldn't help but chuckle.

With such a ruthless and decisive master who regards reputation as dirt, how can we not accomplish great things?

Just then, a servant responsible for guarding the gate scrambled in, looking flustered.

"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened!"

Lin An frowned and cursed, "Insolence! How dare you be so rude in front of the Prince!"

Lu Dehao then went up and kicked him.

"What's the panic! Even if the sky falls, the Prince will hold it up! Speak properly!"

The servant, staggered from the kick, ignored the pain and knelt on the ground, pointing towards the gate. He said, "Your Highness, Guo Ao, the Vice Minister of Justice, is here. He's hurling insults at you at the door, demanding you leave by name, saying he wants to argue with you!"

Lu Dehao was taken aback: "Argue? Who does he think he is, to dare argue with a prince?"

Lin An asked, "Your Highness?"

Lin Yi gave a cold laugh.

He thought to himself, "This is exactly what I've been waiting for."

A single manifesto is not enough to justify taking action against those powerful families.

Now finally, there's a fool who's blind enough to even look at his own neck and willingly put it under the knife.

"Let's go out and take a look." Lin Yi stood up from the recliner, stretched, and his joints cracked. "Let's see which unlucky bastard dares to cause trouble at the gate of my manor."

......

We Han Chinese are very trusting; we gather a bunch of people around whenever something happens.

At this moment, outside the gate of the Prince's Mansion, dozens of commoners in rough clothes were standing behind a fat, middle-aged man in an official robe, watching the commotion.

This man was none other than Guo Ao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

"Lin Yi! You little brat, you coward! Get your ass out here!"

The servants behind him were also extremely arrogant, pointing and gesturing at the few expressionless guards holding halberds at the entrance of the palace.

"Did you hear me! Let our master in!"

"You bunch of watchdogs, are you blind? Do you know who our master is? The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice! A high-ranking official of the fourth rank! How dare you stop us?"

The guards of the Prince's mansion seemed not to hear, still standing straight as javelins, their eyes cold.

They were retainers of the Lin family, and only obeyed the Regent's orders. Let alone a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, even if Nangong Xiong himself came, he could not step into the palace without the Prince's order.

Guo Ao was even more furious when he saw that there was no reaction from the mansion after he had been cursing for so long.

He was so angry today that he lost his mind.

The largest casino in Tainan, "Tianxianglou," brought him at least 30,000 taels of silver every month, making it the most important source of wealth for his entire family. Now, due to an imperial decree, it has to close down.

This is like tearing flesh out of his heart!

Furthermore, emboldened by Liu Wentao's "Proclamation Against the Traitor," Guo Ao felt supported by the entire court and became bolder. He then led his servants and stormed into Lin Yi's house, intending to demand an explanation.

In his view, no matter how arrogant Lin Yi was, he wouldn't dare to openly oppose the entire civil service group. As long as he made a big enough scene and embarrassed Lin Yi, Lin Yi would have to obediently give him a preferential treatment.

"Lin Yi, you son of a bitch, you dare to force His Majesty just because you're the Regent! Are you trying to make an enemy of all the scholars and officials in the land?!"

"You get out here right now! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll smash my head against the gate of your palace and die! Let the whole world see how you, a traitorous official, drove a court official to his death!"

Guo Ao became more and more enthusiastic in his cursing, and even started to throw a tantrum, displaying a shameless and scoundrel-like demeanor.

The surrounding people were talking about it.

"Who is this guy? He's got some nerve, daring to curse in front of the Regent's Palace?"

"You don't know? This is Minister Guo, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I heard that his family's gambling den was shut down by the Prince, and he's here to cause trouble."

"Serves him right! His casino has ruined so many families; it's good that it's shut down!"

"That's right! Your Highness is ridding the people of a scourge, how dare this Guo fellow cause trouble?"

Although the people's discussions were not loud, they still reached Guo Ao's ears.

"You bunch of scoundrels, what do you know! I run a casino to generate revenue for the imperial court! You bunch of peasants dare to talk about imperial officials? Believe me or not, I'll throw you all into the Ministry of Justice's jail!" Guo Ao was so angry that his face turned purple. He turned around and pointed at the few people who were talking and cursed them.

The people were so frightened by his words that they immediately fell silent and dared not speak again.

You're kidding, he's a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Justice. He can arrest you on any pretext. These days, they might not be able to catch murderers, but ordinary citizens can easily catch corrupt officials like this.

At that moment, the gate of the Prince's Mansion creaked open.

Lin Yi, dressed in a black brocade robe, walked out with his hands behind his back and an expressionless face, followed by Lu Dehao, who had a lewd look on his face, and the butler Lin An.

Upon seeing the person in question emerge, Guo Ao became even more arrogant, pointing his finger at Lin Yi and yelling, "Lin Yi! You've finally shown up! I thought you were going to be a coward for the rest of your life!"

Lin Yi stopped on the steps and looked down at him.

Who are you?

Enraged by his contemptuous attitude, Guo Ao, with his large belly protruding, arrogantly declared, "I am Guo Ao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice! Lin Yi, you have no respect for the Emperor and have forced His Majesty to issue an edict to shut down the gambling dens in the capital. This is an act of treason! Today, I will act on behalf of Heaven and have a proper discussion with you!"

He wasn't stupid; he knew that at this time, he couldn't say anything like cutting off his source of income.

Theories, of course, need to be presented with high praise.

Lin Yi crossed his arms and smiled slightly: "Theory? You think you're worthy?"

"You!" Guo Ao was so angry that his mustache stood on end. "Lin Yi! Don't think that just because you're the regent you can do whatever you want! This world ultimately belongs to the Nangong family. We civil officials are the pillars of the nation! How dare you, a mere military man, be so insolent in front of me?"

Lin Yi was a little confused when he saw him roaring.

Have I been too quiet lately? This guy isn't afraid of me at all.

Have you forgotten that I even dared to tear up imperial edicts?

Lin Yi shook his head, thinking to himself, "It's true what they say, kindness is often taken advantage of."

He looked at Lin An, his smile tinged with cruelty: "Lin An, I ask you, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, what is the crime of publicly insulting a prince?"

Lin An bowed and replied expressionlessly, "Your Highness, according to the law, he should be executed."

"And what should be the punishment for those who commit insubordination, shouting and making a ruckus at the gates of the Prince's residence, intending to storm the residence?"

"His crime is compounded, and his entire family should be executed."

"Exterminate my entire clan? Hahahaha!" Guo Ao thought he had misheard, and threw his head back to laugh. "Come, come, Lin Yi, don't say I look down on you! If you dare to lay a finger on me today, you will be condemned by the entire world! Do you dare?"

Lin Yi said casually, "So you're admitting you committed these crimes?"

"Yes, I'm cursing you, you traitor!"

"Pfft, hehehehe," Lin Yi laughed in anger. "Sigh, it's been a while since I've encountered someone like this. Come on, arrest him for me."

"Yes!" The four guards at the door responded in unison, holding long swords and stepping forward.